November 20, 2009
By: Trenton Straube
The “post-AIDS sexual revolution” is here! It’s happening right now, every Tuesday night on the new Melrose Place. That’s according to the show’s executive director Todd Slavkin. Read More...
November 17, 2009
Actor Blair Underwood has been spotted all over Hollywood these days and not just on the red carpet. The longtime AIDS activist can be seen at intersections all over the city—or his likeness can, anyway—praising the quality of the care found at all twelve AHF Healthcare Centers in the greater Los Angeles area. Read More...
November 16, 2009
By: Daniel Batalla
I was surprisingly calm considering I had never had an HIV test before. I didn’t think I had anything to worry about, but on the drive to get tested, I couldn’t help but wonder. Read More...
November 16, 2009
By: Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.
Chembio Diagnostics, Inc., a NY-based company that develops, manufactures, licenses and markets proprietary rapid diagnostic tests, is donating more than 4,500 rapid HIV test kits to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 2009 Testing Millions Global Campaign, based in Los Angeles, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2009 on December 1st. Read More...
November 16, 2009
By: Ben Koconis
Although there was no Red Carpet, paparazzi or stylist on hand, a Hollywood celebrity visited the District’s powerful K Street corridor in Northwest earlier this fall to bring attention to a scourge that threatens to overtake the city. Read More...
November 12, 2009
Never look a bull in the eye. That’s lifesaving advice if you are toreador in the ring at Seville. But if you are a driver in Los Angeles, looking into a bull’s eye just might be the thing that saves your life—or the life of someone you love. Read More...
November 10, 2009
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has filed a federal lawsuit against David Maxwell-Jolly, Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) seeking an injunction to prevent implementation of a new state law singling out nonprofit safety net providers—including AHF—forcing drastic Medi-Cal (Medicaid) reimbursements cuts for drugs purchased by AHF clinics and other safety net providers while favoring giant national for-profit pharmacy chains including Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens and others. The lawsuit was filed yesterday, Monday November 9th, in United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division (Case number CV-09-08199-R-PLAx). Read More...
November 5, 2009
By: LISA LING and ARASH GHADISHAH
Performer who passed HIV to co-stars now advocates mandatory condom use in porn. Darren James once led a busy life as a porn star. "Sometimes it'd be 10 women in an orgy scene -- nonstop," he said, talking about his career at its busiest. "And you work from eight in the morning to maybe eight at night. And that's one scene. All these women. Nonstop." Read More...
November 4, 2009
AHF has worked in Ukraine since 2004, when it began a preceptorship training project funded by the Global Fund. In collaboration with Samara and Saratov Health Care Administrations and American International Health Alliance, AHF formed the Volga River Alliance Project. In November 2008, AHF established an outpatient clinic in Odessa, a seaport city with one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Ukraine. The clinic currently cares for more than 500 clients.
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November 2, 2009
Recent Washington Post Articles Detail Widespread Mismanagement and Corruption in District of Columbia Health Department's HIV/AIDS Administration; Millions May Have Been Misspent and Remain Unaccounted For as the District Copes with Highest AIDS Rate in the Nation Read More...
